Adams Lake vs Shipshewana Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Adams Lake and Shipshewana Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams Lake and Shipshewana Lake are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shipshewana Lake has the higher population (325 vs 284 in Adams Lake). Adams Lake has the higher median household income ($91,591 vs $68,984 in Shipshewana Lake). Since 2019, Shipshewana Lake's population has grown faster (+25.5% vs +5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Population	284	325
Median age	64.5 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$91,591	$68,984
Median home value	—	$325,700
Median gross rent	—	$804
Housing units	251	201
Homeownership rate	100.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Population	270 → 284 (+5.2%)	259 → 325 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$89,923 → $91,591 (+1.9%)	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)

Adams Lake

Population

270284

Median household income

$89,923$91,591

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	38.8%
55 to 64	35.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	45.4%	27.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	67.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Drove alone	81.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
1-unit, detached	95.2%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Adams Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1959	1987